“We have a lot of people in our organization, in our basketball operations and our team, that are from a lot of different backgrounds,” Johnson said. “Everybody don’t look like me, but we accept everybody, OK. Wherever they’re from, whatever their skin color is. We accept everybody.”

Alabama head coach Avery Johnson and Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl greet each other prior to the game at Coleman Coliseum in 2016.

“On behalf of the Alabama men’s basketball team, we want the UA student body to know that we support and stand by every minority group on campus,” the message read. “We will continue to use our platform to lift others up and be advocates for people who may feel like they don’t have a voice. Roll Tide.”

After the videos went viral — first due to Tide running back Damien Harris’ public outcry against them — the university took action. Barber told The New York Post on Wednesday that she had been expelled from Alabama.

“I find the videos highly offensive and deeply hurtful, not only to our students and our entire University community, but to everyone who viewed them,” university President Stuart Bell said in a statement on Wednesday. “The actions of this student do not represent the larger student body or the values of our university, and she is no longer enrolled here.

“We hold our students to much higher standards, and we apologize to everyone who has seen the videos and been hurt by this hateful, ignorant and offensive behavior. This is not who we are; it is unacceptable and unwelcome here at UA.”

Johnson lauded the quick actions.

“The university has taken a strong stand on diversity and inclusion,” Johnson said. “I stand with Dr. Bell, I stand with (athletic director) Greg Byrne, we’re promoting an atmosphere of inclusion.

“We have some terrific players on our team from great families — whether it’s single parent, two parents, it doesn’t matter,” added Johnson. “I was really disturbed by that video and I thought you guys needed to know about that.”